Author: John Hawkins

So, what do you think? Is it worth 21 million dollars? I’m looking at that floppy octopus arm Obama is holding the change in and the fact that this painting is for sale on eBay and thinking, “no.” On the other hand, the artist is playing it up for all its worth, Make An Offer […]

Everyone is upset that AIG took bailout money, but yet, is still giving out bonuses that they are apparently legally obligated to pay out. The President of the United States is admitting that he’s trying to find a way to circumvent the law in order to block the bonuses, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, […]

“In ordinary times, people who do no more than describe the world around them are seen as pragmatists, while those who imagine fabulous alternative futures are viewed as radicals. The last couple of decades haven’t been ordinary, however. …(T)he pragmatists were the ones simply looking out the window and noticing that the real world was […]

What follows are my notes, not quotes, from a teleconference with Senators John Thune and John Ensign about the upcoming budget battle. Opening Statement John Thune: The budget that has been proposed clearly contradicts Obama’s promise of fiscal responsibility. It’s the largest tax increase in American history. It spends too much, taxes too much, and […]

Ten days ago, I did a review of Watchmen: The Graphic Novel — and in it, I intoned, All that said, the Watchmen does not strike me as a graphic novel that will translate particularly well to film — even with 300‘s Zack Snyder directing. It’s just too disjointed and has too many weak plot […]

Last week, I mocked the DNC for the incredibly lame Rush Limbaugh billboard that their contest produced. Moreover, I thought that RWN’s readers could play the Democrats’ game and do it better. The Dems had 80,000 suggestions and here’s the best anti-Rush they could come up with. On the other hand, RWN’s readers only had […]

I probably should have stuck this graphic from RWN reader DrucilaB in The Democrats’ Rush Billboard Fail post (We’re almost at 100 suggestions for the Obama billboard contest for Monday and there is still time to add yours), but this was good enough that it deserved its own post. Lol, awesome!

Barack Obama is trying to do nothing less than radically and permanently restructure the United States of America. He has already, in the very limited time he has been in office, spent more money we don’t have on things we don’t need than any President in American history — and he’s just getting warmed up. […]

Although I think the Democratic attacks on Rush are doing very little for them even as they build up his audience, there was one particular piece of their campaign that was worth copying, …The RNC could learn something from the “Send Rush a message” contest that the Democratic Party is running, We’ll go through all […]

30) Dan Gainor 29) Chuck Norris 28) Wes Pruden 27) Jay Nordlinger 26) Quin Hillyer 25) Mike Adams 24) Larry Elder 23) Brent Bozell 22) David Harsanyi 21) Jack Kelly 20) Jeff Jacoby 19) Kevin McCullough 18) Tony Blankley 17) Dennis Prager 16) David Limbaugh 15) Lorie Byrd 14) Burt Prelutsky 13) Rich Lowry 12) […]

As people who have closely — or even not so closely — followed Barack Obama have come to realize, much of his rhetoric is right out of the George Orwell school of Newspeak. Even as he pushes radical, massive shifts of power from the people to the government, he declares that he opposes big government. […]

Michael Steele is in trouble again with Republicans, but this time, unlike the Rush Limbaugh / RNC Nazi flap, the criticism is totally undeserved. Here’s how Steele supposedly stepped in it on abortion, How much of your pro-life stance, for you, is informed not just by your Catholic faith but by the fact that you […]

I just cannot get enough of these schlock Obama pictures. Here, we have Wolfman Obama getting ready to chow down on Uncle Sam. That was apparently a response to an old cover of the Nation that featured this image. Admittedly, Obama is a little tough to categorize as a monster. A Siren would be perfect, […]

I absolutely loved the concept behind Scratch Beginnings and admired Adam Shepard for coming up with that fantastic idea straight out of college, when many of us were flailing around, doing meaningless jobs without being able to write a book about our experiences. What follows is the slightly edited transcript of my interview with Adam. […]

I just got off of a teleconference with Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Vice Chair of the House Republican Conference and Congressman Mike Pence (R-IN), Chairman of the House Republican Conference. The teleconference was about Obama’s budget and what follows are my notes, not quotes, from the teleconference. Opening statement Mike Pence: We’re working with […]

Between Obama’s “enemies list” and the David Frum’s of the world, who are trying to fill the “I’m a Republican who hates Republicans, please promote me, liberal media” niche, Rush Limbaugh has been under regular attack for the last few weeks. But, let me be clear: the problem with the Republican Party is most certainly […]

It’s time for me to rank my favorite blogs for the 1st quarter of 2009. Do keep in mind that as the quarter has progressed, some blogs have, of course, moved up and others have dropped, based on how often I visit them, how much I like what I see when I get there, how […]

If you love quirky Obama kitsch — and I know you do, then today is your lucky day! That’s because the kitschiest Obama kitsch that has ever been kitsched is now available! Introducing, the “Milfs For Barack Obama button Octomom pin Nadya Suleman.” That’s right, folks, it’s three annoying things that are even more annoying […]

These wacky paintings almost make naked Obama on a unicorn art look dignified (Acquired from here and here.) How do they come up with this stuff?

Although it’s understandable that Obama would be primarily focused on domestic issues, his inattention to foreign affairs is creating an increasingly perilous situation for the US around the world. Just to give you a quick, non-comprehensive rundown… * Kyrgyzstan has sided with Russia over us and is closing a key base we’re using to supply […]

Right Wing News emailed more than 265 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to answer several questions. 55 bloggers responded. The bloggers were asked to select answers to the following questions (because some bloggers skipped particular questions, gave answers that weren’t listed, or gave answers that were difficult to categorize, there are not 55 responses to […]

During the 2008 presidential campaign, people speculated whether someone like Barack Obama, who has never really run anything or had any major achievements other than winning political office, could handle a three AM crisis call. Well, as it turns out, Obama has been such a bumbling incompetent that he probably couldn’t handle a trip through […]

One of the false premises that undergirds much of the Democratic Party’s behavior since Obama got into office is that through brilliant, decisive action, the geniuses up on Capitol Hill can blunt the impact of a recession. Hence, we have crooks like Chris Dodd — the man on Capitol Hill who’s most personally responsible for […]

I was pleased to once again (Previous interviews here and here) talk with Thomas Sowell about his new book, Applied Economics: Thinking Beyond Stage One, which I have read twice and would highly recommend. What follows is a slightly edited transcript of my conversation with Thomas Sowell. Enjoy! Barack Obama has publicly said that he […]

On Thursday of last week, I wrote a post complaining that The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce’s 19th Annual Legislative Conference was scheduled to begin today and there were exactly 2 Republican Congressmen and no senators scheduled to attend. Now, how much sense does this make, folks? Everybody knows the GOP is losing Hispanics […]

“With Clinton we got high taxes (bad) but balanced budgets imposed by the spending caps in Congress (good). With Bush we got tax cuts (good) but deficits (bad). With Obama we get tax hikes (bad) and astronomical deficits (bad).” — Victor Davis Hanson

Before Obama was elected, when Obama was promising a rainbow in every pot and a kitten riding a unicorn for every child, posters bearing his visage and words like “hope” and “change” seemed appropriate. Why, once he was elected, everything was going to be wonderful in America by sheer virtue of his wonderfulness! The reality […]

…We’re thrilled that the American people are suffering because it’s allowing us to scare people into implementing our agenda in the false hope that it’ll fix their problems. The Republican Party should be saying exactly that and publicly excoriating Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for these remarks, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an audience […]

Over at Big Hollywood, John Nolte wrote a piece called, Top 5: Superhero Moments. That’s a great concept for an article, but I only agreed with one of his selections. So, I thought I’d put together my own list. Enjoy! X-Men: The last stand at the end of the movie brawl that featured the X-Men […]